Sunday, January 17, 2010

IMC was in Haiti within hours of the earthquake, and has a strong history helping out in previous disasters like the 2005 Pakistan earthquake and the 2009 earthquake in Sumatra.

Unlike some groups that spend much of your donations on administrative costs, the lion's share of the donations to IMC actually go towards relief. And the group focuses on what is really needed, like food, water filtration supplies, etc.

There is much to be discussed about how the U.S. helped make Haiti poor and that - arguably - that poverty led to substandard buildings and poor infrastructure, which made that country vulnerable to a large earthquake.

2 comments:

Global Research says that oil is a factor in Haiti. Also, mining interests. They also say that there were military exercises right before the EQ to deal with a hypothetical disaster in Haiti. Does this remind you of 911?

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